These avalanches involving buried persistent weak layers are not to be fooled with; if it's a thin snowpack over steep rocky terrain then you're taking a gamble. While the danger may have dropped from Considerable to Moderate the mountains don't care what the avalanche forecast is. For today, I will still be assessing terrain and avoiding zones that are steep and rocky with dry facets now buried close to the ground as these are the areas where you are more likely to trigger an avalanche.

Yesterday's wet loose activity was a precursor to today's warming. With light winds, less cloud cover and a freezing level forecast to hover at 9,000' the snow surface will heat up rapidly. If you start to see wet snow falling off of rocks, roofs, or trees, or start to sink to your boot tops then it's time to get off of and avoid steep slopes in the sun. The snow doesn't like rapid change and there is a chance that melting water could percolate down and cause some funny business with the facets near the ground at mid and lower elevations. For this reason, steep areas with a poor snowpack structure (PWL) are places I would avoid as the surface snow starts to break down throughout the day. The good thing about this particular problem is that your travel plans and choices make this an easy problem to avoid.